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The Panama Canal turns 100 on Aug. 15. After a decade of construction, the Frank Gehry-designed BioMuseo (pictured) is expected to begin a soft opening in February. In Panama City's Casco Viejo neighborhood, the 50-room American Trade Hotel (www.acehotel.com) opened in late 2013 in a converted 1917 department store. The Tantalo Hotel (www.tantalohotel.com) opened in 2012 with a rooftop bar. The Waldorf Astoria Panama (www.waldorfastoriapanama.com) opened in 2013. Out in the countryside, the tour company Backroads (www.backroads.com) is offering its first Panamanian walking and hiking trip.

The Panama Canal turns 100 on Aug. 15. After a decade of construction, the Frank Gehry-designed BioMuseo (pictured) is expected to begin a soft opening in February. In Panama City's Casco Viejo neighborhood, the 50-room American Trade Hotel (www.acehotel.com) opened in late 2013 in a converted 1917 department store. The Tantalo Hotel (www.tantalohotel.com) opened in 2012 with a rooftop bar. The Waldorf Astoria Panama (www.waldorfastoriapanama.com) opened in 2013. Out in the countryside, the tour company Backroads (www.backroads.com) is offering its first Panamanian walking and hiking trip. (AFP / Getty Images)

The Panama Canal turns 100 on Aug. 15. After a decade of construction, the Frank Gehry-designed BioMuseo (pictured) is expected to begin a soft opening in February. In Panama City's Casco Viejo neighborhood, the 50-room American Trade Hotel (www.acehotel.com) opened in late 2013 in a converted 1917 department store. The Tantalo Hotel (www.tantalohotel.com) opened in 2012 with a rooftop bar. The Waldorf Astoria Panama (www.waldorfastoriapanama.com) opened in 2013. Out in the countryside, the tour company Backroads (www.backroads.com) is offering its first Panamanian walking and hiking trip.